Amnon and Tamar

13 After this (A)Absalom the son of David had a lovely sister, whose name was (B)Tamar; and (C)Amnon the son of David loved her.

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Amnon and Tamar

13 In the course of time, Amnon(A) son of David fell in love with Tamar,(B) the beautiful sister of Absalom(C) son of David.

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These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and (A)Tamar their sister.

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All these were the sons of David, besides his sons by his concubines. And Tamar(A) was their sister.(B)

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Sons of David

Sons were born (A)to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon (B)by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; his second, [a]Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; the third, (C)Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king (D)of Geshur;

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 3:3 Daniel, 1 Chr. 3:1

Sons were born to David in Hebron:

His firstborn was Amnon(A) the son of Ahinoam(B) of Jezreel;

his second, Kileab the son of Abigail(C) the widow of Nabal of Carmel;

the third, Absalom(D) the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;(E)

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the third, (A)Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, (B)Adonijah the son of Haggith;

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the third, Absalom the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

the fourth, Adonijah(A) the son of Haggith;

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27 (A)To Absalom were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a woman of beautiful appearance.

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27 Three sons(A) and a daughter were born to Absalom. His daughter’s name was Tamar,(B) and she became a beautiful woman.

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15 Then Amnon hated her [a]exceedingly, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Arise, be gone!”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 13:15 with a very great hatred

15 Then Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than he had loved her. Amnon said to her, “Get up and get out!”

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30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.

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30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

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25 (A)Do not lust after her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.

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25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
    or let her captivate you with her eyes.

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Solomon’s Heart Turns from the Lord

11 But (A)King Solomon loved (B)many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites—

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Solomon’s Wives

11 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women(A) besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites,(B) Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.

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Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed (A)and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he (B)saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.

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One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof(A) of the palace. From the roof he saw(B) a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,

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Thus he left all that he had in Joseph’s [a]hand, and he did not know what he had except for the [b]bread which he ate.

Now Joseph (A)was handsome in form and appearance.

And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife [c]cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, (B)“Lie with me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 39:6 Care
  2. Genesis 39:6 Food
  3. Genesis 39:7 Lit. lifted up her eyes toward

So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care;(A) with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.

Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,(B) and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!”(C)

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His soul [a]was strongly attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke [b]kindly to the young woman.

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  1. Genesis 34:3 Lit. clung to
  2. Genesis 34:3 tenderly

His heart was drawn to Dinah(A) daughter of Jacob;(B) he loved(C) the young woman and spoke tenderly(D) to her.

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20 So Jacob (A)served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her.

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20 So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel,(A) but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.(B)

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